Back transport of neonates: Effect on hospital length of stay

Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 731-736

  Attar, Mohammad A ^a,c   Lang, Sylvia W ^a   Gates, Molly R ^a   Iatrow, Ann M ^a   Bratton, Susan L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BIRTH WEIGHT; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CHILD GROWTH; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR SURGERY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NURSERY; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PREMATURITY; REGIONALIZATION; RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA; SEIZURE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

BIRTH WEIGHT; CONVALESCENCE; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; LENGTH OF STAY; MICHIGAN; NURSERIES, HOSPITAL; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PARENTERAL NUTRITION, TOTAL; PATIENT READMISSION; PATIENT TRANSFER; REGIONAL MEDICAL PROGRAMS; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 27844599273     PISSN: 07438346     EISSN: 14765543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jp.7211391     Document Type: Article

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